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[ChorizoPicozo]

I would have loved to see what Spencer could have done if Xbox was not owned by an MS all about AI slop.

A crash-and-burn 5 -year tenure

 

[Magic-DEI-Hire]

I wonder if Copilot would have been a better CEO choice….

 

[Kacho]

Asha Sharma hopefully understands that exclusive Video Games are very important to any Platform including the XBox Brand!!!

She'll toe the line just like Sarah and Phil did.

 

[Topher]

Asha Sharma hopefully understands that exclusive Video Games are very important to any Platform including the XBox Brand!!!

That ship has sailed, I think

 

[Chittagong]

Well fuck, there goes my Friday afternoon. I was supposed to get some Nioh done.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Has anyone checked on Jez?

He didn't even appear on his live podcast now LIVE

 

[phant0m]

I heard Major Nelson is back on the market, maybe bring him back?

 

[Montauk]

Yeah it's a crazy sentiment, there are so many good games out there. So many.

 

[Kacho]

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Sara is out?

 

[TheAmazingSpiderMan]

What's going on lol first bluepoint and now our beloved Phil.

Done a terrible job at Xbox lol but then memes were worth it. Sad we'll have no one to hate on now when anymore dreadful Xbox related news releases.

 

[Unfortunatecookie]

Expected.

The new CEO sounds like she has zero background in gaming. She deserves the benefit of the doubt, but I genuinely believe that Xbox just went from fucked to super fucked.

 

[Conflict NZ]

I wouldn't be surprised to see the next console cancelled at this point. Phil and Sarah were the two championing it.

 

[IntentionalPun]

Looks like a house cleaning to me.

Phil and Sarah are out, and a parachute candidate got demoted to handle a shit show and since she doesn't know jack shit, Matt Booty gets a promotion.

She wasn't actually in charge of all of their AI efforts. It's really doubtful this is a demotion.

 

[Venom Snake]

This week be like:

 

[wolffy66]

If the new management doesnt announce they are going back to console exclusives they might as well just sell off now. Theres no saving it minus exclusives. And even then theres not going to be much growth in this industry going forward.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

holy shit you guys

is the same guy lol

 

[Represent.]

I'll give her a chance. Cant be any worse than Phil Spendsir. In fact, I guarantee she'll be better than him

 

[Kacho]

She wasn't actually in charge of all of their AI efforts. It's really doubtful this is a demotion.

Getting put in charge of a dead business unit is more or less a demotion

 

[TheMule1983]

Thank you GameStop for giving me 437 bucks for my Series X last May!

Xbox is over. This new CEO is all the proof you need.

 

[lh032]

shawarma as Xbox ceo!?

 

[Topher]

Full emails from Nadella, Spencer, Sharma, and Booty

Bond resigned and was the only one who didn't write anything.

Hell hath no fury....

 

[Montauk]

Has she ever played a video game in her life?

Why do you ask? How do you know what she's into based on her CV? I love games, have played them since I was 8 and I've not held any positions that had anything to do with games.

Sure, we can see her working experience doesn't involve games. But why would you assume she has no interest in games and how could you possibly deduce that from looking at her CV?

 

[bighugeguns]

Thank you GameStop for giving me 437 bucks for my Series X last May!

Xbox is over. This new CEO is all the proof you need.

Bullish on Xbox.

 

[IntentionalPun]

Getting put in charge of a dead business unit is more or less a demotion

It's really not a dead business unit. Being made an EVP / CEO of a division that brings in $25 billion a year is not a demotion from being "head of product" for basically just MS's Azure AI tools.

She now reports directly to Satya, like her old boss did.

Billionaire Bobby Kotick oversaw 1/3rd of the same amount of rvenue.

 

[skit_data]

It's amazing how Xbox always manage to pull a "hold my beer"-moment that overshadows some bad Playstation news.

 

[DeepEnigma]

I'll give her a chance. Cant be any worse than Phil Spendsir. In fact, I guarantee she'll be better than him

Represent(ative) of bad opinions

 

[dDoc]

Wow Xbox is fucked. Sony not looking good. What's next? What a fucking time to be alive.

PC.

 

[T4keD0wN]

its like suddenly u would put one of GAFers as a lead fashion designer of paris fashion week, we simply wouldnt know what the hell we doing there xD

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

If the new management doesnt announce they are going back to console exclusives they might as well just sell off now.

That is never happening.

 

[MisterXDTV]

Don't worry

Magnus is coming.....

 

[EviLore]

Paging EviLore

Let's do this!

I'm down, if I can commute to work via helicopter like Don Mattrick. Easy 48 month turn around.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Don't worry

Magnus is coming.....

…..to their Azure AI farm.

 

[ReBurn]

Not a fan of Indian street food I take it ?

I am, but last time I had it I got an intestinal parasite and couldn't digest meat for months.

 

[bitbydeath]

I'll give her a chance. Cant be any worse than Phil Spendsir. In fact, I guarantee she'll be better than him

At the very least she'll provide some closure.

 

[violence]

Expected.

The new CEO sounds like she has zero background in gaming. She deserves the benefit of the doubt, but I genuinely believe that Xbox just went from fucked to super fucked.

My guess is they just want to toss it over board but are adding weights to it first. The Eye of Sauron got really pissed off at the waay over priced activision purchase.

 

[Montauk]

She wasn't actually in charge of all of their AI efforts. It's really doubtful this is a demotion.

Chances of almost anybody here caring about the actual specifics and details is almost zero.

You can see from this thread that the second most participants saw her, her previous job or just read her name they had already decided what's what.

 

[Esquie]

I don't recall him ever saying exactly that it would be January. Rather, he gave a rough estimate during the Summer of "3 to 6 months". Even if his timeline ends up being off, he has been spot on with WHAT will happen even if WHEN it happens isn't exact. Does it really matter if it didn't happen in January but ends up happening in March? Being off by a couple months on a half-year prediction wouldn't be anything to be ashamed of.

I'm sorry but I looked through some posts and the guy just comes off like a console warrior, with an axe to grind. Look at this one:
https://www.neogaf.com/threads/micr...ssics-and-more.1688694/page-30#post-270868153

The stuff that he's "gotten right" is super vague. From what I read, the big one was how they were going full third party. At the time they were already releasing games on PS. He extrapolated that and said all of their games would be going to PS eventually which was a pretty common sentiment at the time on Twitter and Reddit, a la "oh yeah I'm sure it's only those 4 games, the floodgates will open eventually"… like that was a very common sentiment, to lay doubt that it was only going to be those few games.

If that's the gist of it, I just don't believe the guy has any inside info on MS based on what I've read. And we're talking about high level exec stuff here that he's claiming.

If there's more meat on the bone than that third party thing, I'd love some links or whatever you have. Happy to be proven wrong.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

I'll give her a chance. Cant be any worse than Phil Spendsir. In fact, I guarantee she'll be better than him

The issue is that she will only manage decline xbox until AI proves not capable of making AAA games in 10 months.

 

[Atrus]

She wasn't actually in charge of all of their AI efforts. It's really doubtful this is a demotion.

She's made the CEO of a segment caught in a death roll. Whatever hopes and ambitions this woman had in Microsoft, she's in the gulag now.

 

[xanaum]

Surely the diverse woman will save the business!

Sheit, it's over! lol

 

[MisterXDTV]

RIP Phil "It's just 4 games" Spencer

 

[Viruz]

That is never happening.

Let him dream.

 

[EN250]

What a mighty answer that will wash away all Sony's BluePoint woes.

I can't even. Somebody, help Jez.

Goddammit, he trully was the real sleeper agent Phil after all, Phill Harrison was just a decoy, some truly MGS plot twist right there, lmao

 

[wolffy66]

That is never happening.

Agreed so they might as well sell these off. Selling games isn't very profitable, owning the platform they're sold on is. See Apple, Google, Roblox, Sony. Even most of Playstation growth is sub and dlc price increases. So either Xbox grows its Xbox owner base or they go away. Exclusives are the only reason to buy a console.

 

[SNG32]

If the new management doesnt announce they are going back to console exclusives they might as well just sell off now. Theres no saving it minus exclusives. And even then theres not going to be much growth in this industry going forward.

Not happening Satya doesnt give a fuck about Xbox and Phil was really the saving grace of it believe it or not. Microsoft seems more
focused on A.I and Cloud. I think eventually they will get rid of or sell the division off. This chick is just a place holder for the inevitable.

 

[Unfortunatecookie]

My guess is they just want to toss it over board but are adding weights to it first. The Eye of Sauron got really pissed off at the waay over priced activion purchase.

Yep. I think you're on the money, and while they can't admit it yet, all signs point to Microsoft wanting an out from the Xbox hardware business.

 

[MisterXDTV]

Agreed so they might as well sell these off. Selling games isn't very profitable, owning the platform they're sold on is. See Apple, Google, Roblox, Sony. Even most of Playstation growth is sub and dlc price increases. So either Xbox grows its Xbox owner base or they go away. Exclusives are the only reason to buy a console.

They are done selling consoles, everyone knows that except Corden

 

[LordOcidax]

 

[ValiantInstance]

Might as well pack Xbox up. Shits cooked

Because things had been going so stellar up to this point.